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Brightmoor residents to open food co-op and community kitchen
MJ Galbraith
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Detroit Development Fund lands $10M for small business lending throughout the city
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Source: Model D
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Open City: Crowd Power! to explore the benefits of community investment in small business
Model D Staff
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Feature Story
How teens are helping program the city's premier contemporary art museum
Melinda Clynes
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Brightmoor's Wellspring youth development center to triple in size after securing $400K in funding
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Twenty new 'Little Free Libraries' sprout up across Detroit
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Grace in Action collectives provide job/skills training in Southwest Detroit
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Source: Model D
Brush Park Studio preserves Detroit's historic built environment
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Source: Model D
Feature Story
Passenger breathes art, new life into a long-vacant Detroit space
Clare Pfeiffer
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Mobile food truck delivers fresh produce to senior citizens and students, looks to grow downtown
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Feature Story
Original hipster: Marsha Music, cultural icon and griot of Detroit
Model D Staff
Friday, October 31, 2014
West Village gains a record store, community hub with Paramita Sound
MJ Galbraith
Friday, October 31, 2014
Feature Story
Detroit's co-working spaces lure freelancers and startups with amenities and community
Aaron Mondry
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Feature Story
As a senior housing crisis develops in Detroit, advocates are offering solutions
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Feature Story
Fighting for community benefits in Delray through art and activism
Danny Fenster
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Atomic Cafe gallery for outsider art to begin Phase 3 in Hamtramck
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Historic Catholic school building re-opens as charter school
MJ Galbraith
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Co-working space to open in Grandmont Rosedale
MJ Galbraith
Thursday, October 23, 2014
DC3‘s Creative Ventures looks for a few good service firms
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Source: Model D
Feature Story
Why Detroit's improv comedy scene is no joke
Aaron Mondry
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
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changemakers using business acumen to empower and build communities. With this year's stories supported by Build Institute, we report on entrepreneurs and innovators shaping the city's business ecosystems.
Across Our Network
Arc of Appalachia has acquired 14,000 acres to protect the region’s temperate forest biome forever
Source: Soapbox
Community Impact Day expands, mobilizes volunteers across Michigan
Source: The Lakeshore
How Fort Wayne food entrepreneur Johnny Perez built and scaled a restaurant empire
Source: Input Fort Wayne
Shared humanity that crosses language, religious and cultural barriers
Source: Second Wave Michigan